The popular online music producer was born a week after the original manga was published
Kodoani.com – Anime film adaptation of manga SAND LAND by Akira Toriyama debuted a 90-second trailer on Friday. The trailer announces the song “Utopia” performed by the promising artist imase:
Imase artist’s popularity increased inside and outside of Japan after he posted “Night Dancer” and other songs. “Utopia” was his first song for a movie, and he wrote it specifically for Sand Land. He was actually born a week after the Sand Land manga was first published on November 2, 2000. He joked that the main character Beelzebub might be 2,500 years old while he’s only 22 years old. , but they are classmates. He added that he’s been watching Dragon Ball since he was a kid, so the offer to work on another Toriyama production is like a dream come true.
In the distant future, war has destroyed the entire Earth, leaving only a barren wasteland where the water supply is controlled by a greedy king. In search of a long-lost lake, Sheriff Rao enlists the help of the demon king… and finds the king’s son, Beelzebub, and his assistant, Thief. Together, the unlikely trio sets out across the desert, facing dragons, bandits, and their deadliest enemy… the King’s army! It’s traveling adventure and tank action in this new story by Akira Toriyama, creator of Dragon Ball Z!
TOHO will open the film in theaters in Japan on August 18. The film stars:
Mutsumi Tamura voices Beelzebub Kazuhiro Yamaji voices Rao Chō as thief Satoshi Tsuruoka voices Shogun Are Nobuo Tobita voices Shogun Zau Akio Ōtsuka voices Satan Chafurin as King Tomokazu Sugita voices swimmer Koji Yusa’s Papa Pike Hiroyuki Yoshino as Shark Masafumi Kobatake as Guppy
Toshihisa Yokoshima directed the series at Sunrise , Kamikaze Douga, and Anima with Hiroshi Koujina serving as directing advisors. Hayashi Mori wrote the script. Yoshikazu Iwanami is directing the sound, and Yūgo Kanno is composing the music.
The Sand Land manga is a series of short stories that Toriyama serialized in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine from May to August 2000. Shueisha published a compiled book volume in November 2000.
The manga is also adapting an action RPG for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam.
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